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Download full textRinehammer, Nora – 1993
A study conducted by the copy editor of a small daily newspaper in Porter County, Indiana examines readers' motivations for writing letters to the editor. Analysis was based on letters that appeared in "The Vidette Messenger" September 16-30, 1992. Of 75 letters, 32 were responses to information published in the paper during the last 2…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Editorials, Letters (Correspondence), Local Issues
